Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-12-31
COAST ITEMS.

Sonon,a is agitating for fruit Gamer and
drier next year.
The North Star mine, near Grass Valley,
has ghost scare.
During December Woodland had more
than one hundred cases Of measles.
An Indian hanged himself near the old
Mission ground, San Fernandos Los Angeles
county, Thursday.
DR.. Bowers says he wants a new trial SO
he may introduce the testimony developed
in the Benhayon case.
Charles Rogers, who committed a cool
robbery in San Jose in 1886 and recently re-
turned there, was held for trial Thursday.
The new stamp mill at the Pittsburg gold
mines in Lander county, this State, has Gre
crushing capacity of 100 tons in "a hours.
The last building Of the old fort reserva-
ton, an old landmark at Monterey, Cal,
was burned by an incendary Christmas
morning.
Frank J. Wallace, a resident Of Eureka,
Nevada, had two.thirds of his tongue cut
away last week by San Francisco physician
to remove cancer.
The lenholders have bought the Manhat.
ten mines and property, in Lander county,
this State. The eastern creditors did not
come up with the money.
A vein of high grade ore, one foot in
width, is claimed IL have been developed in
the Winnemucca tunnel, in Winnemucca
Mountain, Humboldt county
The citizens and tax payers of Santa Cruz
in mass meeting have demanded the resigna-
ton of Mayor Efey and placed experts at
work on the books of the city.
A wreck on the Southern Pacific occurred
Tuesday near Separ. Thursday a heavy
freight train was wrecked east of Benson,
A. T., one running into another.
John Fenton was granted divorce in very
rapid time Thursday last. at Sacramento from
his wife, Minnie Fepton, whose name has
been coupled with Count Vaensin.
The second trial at Modesto, Cal, of
Duncan Anderson, charged with murder,
resulted with a disagreement. The jury
stood three for acquittal and nine for man.
slaughter
A successful test of the electric street car
system was made at San Diego this week.
The motor, crowded with people, moved up
o the mile with perfect ease.
1t is reported in Pleasant Valley that the
anch owned by Samuel Yeo of Grass VAL
ey has been rented by family Of negroes,
he children of which will attend the Pleas
mt Valley school, and the Pleasant Valley
eople are getting excited. They want no
olored folks.
The Visalia, CAL, paper advises farmers
Who live at a distance from the wood belt,
ind have to haul their firewood, to cultivate
lalf an acre of Russian sunfowers. They
,row to the height Of eight or ten feet, and
diameter Of two 10 four inches The stalks
when dry make excellent fuel for kitchen
Use, and the seeds are valuable as chicken
eed.
Last Monday C. H. Spreule, of Elko,
eceived consignment Of mud turtles from
Fish Commissioner Cary, of Carson. There
we're twenty in the lot, varying in size from
1 mans shand TO soup plate. When trans
erred from their shipping box to buckets of
water, they stuck out their heads and claws
in lively manner. In the afternoon they
we're taken down and put in the river near
he warm springs, where the water is warm
and the mud deep, and left to propagate.
A hundred farmers and rich land owners
IF Yole county have organized into syndi.
cate, calling it the Northern Belt Develop
nent Company Each member pledges HIM
self to plant from ten to twenty acres Of fruit
IL grapes the coming season, under the PEN
Atty of making a free deed of that much
and to the syndicate, the proceeds of which
ire O.be applied to the establishment of an